►►Rookie Watch: Get to know the new boy group Code V!
Code V (pronounce “Code Five“) is a 5-member group composed of leader Uhm Tae Ming, Kim Sol, Seo Jae Won, Kim Sun Hee and Nam Sang Woo. They’re not exactly a “new” band actually as they first debuted in 2007 under the name Bless but never experienced success. Now they’re awarded a second chance to make it big by starting afresh from May 13th on with the release of their album “Addiction”.
We wish them lots of luck this time, especially for debuting again on the very day of Super Junior‘s much anticipated comeback.
Tae Ming
►►New group Lotte Girls to compete with SNSD and Wonder Girls
…well, at least in China they will.
A new five member girl group sponsored and managed by “Lotte Group” called “Lotte Girls” are set to debut.
According to Lotte, Last year they held public auditions for two korean members and the they chose Choe Su Jeong and Gim Ye Seul and 3 Chinese members which are Go Keom Jo, Yang A, and Wang Jeong Hui and looks like these girls are set to debut in China.
Lotte Group held a about six regional auditions last September 2009 in China and had over 3,000 candidates who auditioned and only three were chosen and two were chosen in korea through a single qualification audition and thus forming a five member girl group.
This girl group is intended to raise the brand awareness in the local market especially in China but there are also plans for korean activities.
They will appear on CCTV this may and will be introduced throughout China and they will be exposed to various broadcast programs as well as in the second Shanghai Expo this coming august where they are planned to appear on stage.
Lotte girls have heavy expectations and will be competing against SNSD and Wonder Girls who are branching out to the Chinese market.
Cr : Blueprincess824 @ dailykpopnews ( SOURCE )
►►Rookie Watch: girl groups “Nine Muses” (9 members) and “Queens” (3 members)
Yet again, the netizens are curious of someone from a music video. This time, it’s “the girl” from ZE:A’s All Day MV!
On the 25th, ZE:A’s All Day MV was revealed. The MV showed the lives of high-schoolers as it was inspired by the classic movie, Friends. From the MV, netizens are curious of the identity of the tall beautiful girl, who seduced Joon Young and Dong Joon!
Regarding the netizens’ curiosities, ZE:A’s agency stated, “The girl from ZE:A’s MV is a trainee from our ageny. Her name is Park Min Ha (20), and she is currently studying Film and Theater in Dongguk University. She will debut in the latter half of this year with a nine-member group named Nine Muses (나인뮤지스)”
Nine Muses is a nine-member girl group from ZE:A’s agency, Star Empire Entertainment. Other than Park Min Ha from ZE:A’s MV, another girl from the group is Lee Hyun Joo, who won 2007’s Super Model.
►►T-MAX gets a new member and is preparing for comeback
Currently consisting of members Kim Joon, Shin MinChul and Park YoonHwa, T-Max will get a new member Park HanBi (20). Park Han Bi is a 2nd year college student studying theatres and video at MyeongJi Specialty School. Park HanBi has been training to be a singer for 3 years at a entertainment company and he recently passed the audition to be part of T-Max.
Park HanBi is not only known for his powerful vocals, he is also known for his flower boy looks like Jang Geun Suk and Kim Hyun Joong.
According to T-Max’s company, “Park HanBi is a talented newcomer whom we had chosen from many auditionees. He is currently working with the current 3 members of the group. We feel that he will add to a new energy to the team.”
“The response for this new member is good, because as a singer, he has also received many proposals for acting projects. He has the qualities of a multi-tainer.”
Park HanBi revealed, “It’s like a dream to be part of T-Max. I will work as T-Max’s new member and as the youngest member. “
Meanwhile, T-Max will be releasing their full length 1st album this first half of the year.
►►SISTAR unveils their first member SoYoo
After stealing the spotlight by first featuring in a fashion pictorial on Céci and scheduled for an April debut, the girl group SISTAR has unveiled a solo picture of one of their members. Her name is SoYu (소유 or SoYoo), and is currently aged 19.
According to SISTAR’s label, Starship Entertainment, this rookie has been dubbed “Little Lee Mi Yeon” due to their strikingly similar appearances. SoYu was recognized for her versatility in music ever since she was young.
►►New girl group SISTAR makes their debut through Céci Magazine
Four-member girl group named SISTAR is set to make their debut on April!
The girls have revealed themselves through their photoshoot for Céci. Their photoshoot is for a street casual brand, FUBU.
A representative of FUBU stated, “We thought that SISTAR would fit very well in FUBU brand’s hip hop concept. They fit very well with our visuals of street fashion.”
It’s known that SISTAR’s members, who are almost finished with their recordings, have attractive bodies along with great dance and vocal skills.
SISTAR’s agency Starship Entertainment stated, “SISTAR is a girl group who has skill and style with their eccentric music, choreography and fashion. They will create a new culture code as they will be a style icon to the age range of 10-20.”
►►Rookie Watch: R&B trio group One Way releases “Magic” MV
Missing that R&B taste in your Kpop? Well check out this new group called “One Way”!
The group consists of members Chance, Peter, and Young Sky. The trio are all fluent in English… and most importantly, in making good music.
The two tracks of One Way and U-Drag featured in the previous article were outstanding tracks. Both tracks were very catchy with a great musical sound and now they’ve released a music video for their new official single titled Magic.
One Way’s new mini album is scheduled to be released online and in stores on March 4, 2010. They’re also scheduled to make their debut performance on March 6th’s MBC Music Core and I can’t wait.
Cr: allkpop
►►Newest 2010 boy group D-NA to release digital single on March 4th
After releasing their last solo teaser, the Dae Guk Nam Ah (D-NA) boys are ready to debut!
Mika (20), Garam (19), Hyunmin (19), Injoon (18), Jay (16) these five member’s average age is 18.4 years. [Korean ages]
These members that have preparing for their debut for Open World that belonged to Shinhwa’s original member Junjin will debut their Digital Single “Tokyo Boy” on the 4th day of the next month. Using a white concept as their debut song, they chose a medium tempo dance ballad song with a pure feeling.
“Instead of the melodies that are popular these days, we gave the melodies a little bit more strength.”
Cr: Metro newspaper + enchanteDNA.com
►►Rookie Watch: Epik High’s Tablo reveals his upcoming boy group “Infinite”
Knowing Epik High as an epic hip-hop group, I’m think these new guys are definitely going to focus on hip-hop 😀
The faces of the Epik High’s juniors Infinite who are also from the same company have been revealed.
Epik High’s company Woorim Entertainment is set to debut a 7-member boyband Infinite, and a photo of the group has been revealed.
Tablo revealed on his Twitter that the photo was taken during their cheering UCC video for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic, also bring up the anticipation for the UCC video.
Tablo had revealed the photo on his Twitter, he revealed, “We will reveal the rest of the 2 members later” rousing much curiosity from many netizens.
Meanwhile, Epik High will release a new album in March.
Cr: Sookyeong
►►Rookie Watch: New groups “The Black” and “One Way” are ready to debut!
Two new male groups are ready to hit up the Kpop train!
Male idol group Blackbeat lead vocalists Lee SoMin and Jang JinYoung are back as The Black.
The group debuted under SM Entertainment back in 2002, even though the group had spent 5 years to prepare for their debut, they only released 1 album ‘#2002- The First Performance #001(In The Sky)’. And with members getting injured and other undesirable news released, the group was slowly forgotten.
Known for their unique performances and great vocals, many music fans had find it a shame to see the band go down that way. But this time, member Lee SoMin and Jang JinYoung are back as The Black releasing a new album ‘#2010-Never Again#002′ on 8th February, good news for many music fans.
After the release of their new album, The Black entered music charts at the #1, #5 and #6 positions. The title song ‘Never Again’ is composed by Lee JungKyu and Choi MoonKyu who also composed their hit song ‘In The Sky’ and K Will’s ‘Can’t Say The Words I Love You’.
►►[VID] Dae Guk Nam Ah (D-NA) releases 4th Solo Teaser: Injoon
The fourth member of new boy group D-NA finally released his solo teaser.
Click to watch solos 1, 2, and 3. See all the members’ pics HERE.
Cr: enchanteDNA@YT
►►Rookie Watch: 5-member Co-ed group Sponge Band is coming!
no offense but is it just me or are the guys the only hot ones? Just look. I’m not that biased. But LOL oh LOL at the name…Sponge Bob-related much? kk
A hot new 5-member band called Sponge Band will be debuting soon. And with a name like that, who could possibly hate them?
With all due seriousness though, they sound really good – kind of an F.T Island vibe, but what’s even more interesting is that they’re a co-ed group! There’s definitely a lack of co-ed groups in k-pop lately, so I’m pretty excited about this one.
Sponge Band’s first mini-album will be titled, “The Beginning” and it will drop on February 19th. The members are, Oh Song (오송), Ga On (가온), K# (키샵), Soo Yeon (수연) and Chung Ah (청아).
Check out the three teasers:
►►[VID] Dae Guk Nam Ah (D-NA) 2nd Individual Teaser: Garam/Hyunchul
Inspired by DBSK’s Yunho? haha niiiiice.
Translation:
I began dancing because of Yunho [of TVXQ]. I saw Yunho sunbae on a television program breakdancing one time. I thought it was really cool that I wanted to do it too. I went in front of the veranda of my house and tried to copy his breakdancing, but my mom saw me and asked what I was doing in the middle of the night.
My parents supported me dancing when they realized how hard I worked. My dad especially made me a place where I can practice my dancing. I ate, slept and practically lived in that place.
[…]
The members of my group are amazing; I’ve never met people like them before. They’re like the celebrities I’ve seen on TV. They look good, they have skills, and there’s nothing they can’t do. Look forward to our group!
Cr: Allkpop
►►[VID] New boy group Dae Guk Nam Ah (DGNA) released Acapella introduction
It was reported recently that a new boy group by the name of DaeGukNamAh, under Xing Entertainment, will be debuted soon. View the boys’ pictures HERE.
Translations:
All: Hello. This is Daeguk Nam Ah!
Jay (JiHwan): Monday Feb 1st 2009
InJoon: Daeguk Nam Ah’s 1st teaser will be released
Garam (HyunChul): Please wait for us
HyunMin: See you again on Monday
Cr: PRiNCESHUNGEJE@YT + koyangi@XIERA.net
►►Rookie Watch: new boy group Dae Guk Nam Ah to debut soon
Although I’m not too fond of the prince-like concept, let’s see how these guys are gonna do 😉
Looks like there will be yet another new boy band to hit the k-pop scene!
Dae Guk Nam Ah (대국남아), is comprised of five members who were all apparently from XING Entertainment: Hyunmin (현민), Jay, Garam (가람), Injun (인준) and Mika (미카).
Not much is known about the group, but they will be debuting pretty soon!
More info can be found at their official website.
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►►Rookie Watch: XING 5th Generation – New Official Site Photos
More boy rookies to look forward to in 2010!
and Jaybomb@LJ was kind enough to get all their names down:
►►ZE:A is boy’s generation!
9 Members wanting to become the REAL boy’s generation… lol ;p
ZE:A (Children of Empire) finally took off the veil and started their countdown to debut. Leader Moon JunYoung, Kevin, Hwang KwangHee, Im SiWan, Kim TaeHun, Jung HeeChul, Ha MinWoo, Park HyungSik and Kim DongJoon are also called “Male Girls’ Generation” (So Nyeo Shi Dae) because of the 9-members.
Their debut song “Mazeltov” is the first step in the world of popular songs. “We were trainees for three years” they said proudly, saying it isn’t much to praise about. In leader’s Moon JunYoung case, he’s been a trainee for 5 years before he finally had a chance to debut.
“I couldn’t see it at that time, so I was a bit uneasy. I started at a young age and it was a lot harder than I had thought. But it was the path I chose, so I endured it.” (Moon JunYoung)
Children of Empire belongs to the Star Empire, a company known for Jewelry and V.O.S. ZE:A’s was the first idol group idea in Star Empire’s history. Moon JunYoung and Hwang KwangHee first met through a contest. One of them was offered an audition, so the two of them were separated by fate. JunYoung passed, but Kwanghee had to try again.
After many ups and downs, the two boys both joined Star Empire by the end of 2006.
Rapper Kim TaeHun is JunYoung and KwangHee’s friend who was introduced by them, and Kevin from Australia, who was in the same company as Russel Crowe, joined them. Ha MinWoo was the leader of a famous dance team in Busan and Kim DongJoon and Im SiWan were selected through “ChinChin Music Festival”.
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►►[PICs] ZE:A/Children of Empire’s album photoshoot~~learn the members’ names!
To learn more about the members (their age, likings, etc.) and their pre-debut faces, go HERE.
Group shot – ZE:A NATIVITY
Kim TaeHun
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►►JYP to debut a new girl group by this year
JYP Entertainment, home of the wonderful Wonder Girls and the hottest 2PM, announced today that they will be introducing a so-called “Chinese version of Wonder Girls” early this year.
The female group is to be composed to Korean and Chinese members. While their name and the exact member composition is yet to be decided, they are planning on releasing an album during the first half of 2010.
A representative from JYPE stated, “The new group will perform in Korea as well as China and regions that use Chinese. They are currently preparing for promotion in China, appearing on local network of Zhejiang region and such.”
He went on to say “The members have received training in JYPE for years. They will debut with trendy music and style.”
Cr: allkpop
Chinese? hmmmmm…
►►Child of Empire is NOT “Ze:A”, but rather “Children of Empire” [members info added!]
Allkpop failed again…what can I say? =.=;
Children of Empire (yes that’s their name) will be releasing their MV teaser on Jan 5th so get to know more about the members before their long awaited debut. Some people expressed interest in learning more about them so I compiled together information and pictures from various sources into a helpful guide below.
But first, I’d like to clear up the FALSE claim made by allkpop that they changed their name to ZE:A. According to their international forum (Royal 9), ZE:A comes from JeA (제의) which is an abbreviation for Jegugui Aideul (제국의 아이들) or “Children of Empire”. So ZE:A is only a shorthand. Their name is still “Children of Empire” like it says on the album cover. Also, their label obviously realized “Child Of Empire” was grammatically incorrect which is why they’re now using “Children”.
MEMBERs
Hwang Kwanghee
The Model
Birthday: 08/25/1988 (Age-21)
Height: 179cm
Facts: Fluent in English, likes tennis, cooking & scuba diving, modeled for “Smart”, likes impersonating Jo Kwon
(this guy looks adorable♥ I think he’ll be the diva of the group bc he likes JoKwon haha)
►►Rookies Child of Empire changed group name to “ZE:A”
Star Empire’s new boy group, Child of Empire is about to debut. But before that, they did something that BEAST did – changing their group’s name last minute.
Their new name is now ZE:A. The group has also revealed their official album jacket photo. Their album, “Nativity” is coming out on January 7th, one day before F.cuz‘s debut on January 8.
The nine member boy group is dressed in all black for this photo showing everyone they’re going for a sexier look rather than a cute one. Their music video teaser will be out on the 5th of January.
Cr: allkpop
geez I have to change my tag names again T^T
►►[VIDs] F.Cuz goes shopping for Christmas~ updated
It’s kinda annoying everytime I type “F.Cuz” I keep thinking of “eff-cuss”…aigooo~ it’s “Focus” lol
F.cuz still has a month until their debut, but the four boys are already stepping into the spotlight and becoming increasingly well-known by the day. Recently, the quartet revealed a Christmas video for fans and viewers. In the clip, the soon-to-be idols buy decorations, food and other items for Christmas. Talk about bringing on the festive cheer!
►►Rookie Watch: Child Of Empire will finally debut next year in January!
geez it’s really has been a long time comin, eh? Can’t wait to see what these 9 guys have got!
Child Of Empire have been gaining popularity through cable channel reality program will have their official debut in January. Initially the group has been called ‘rivals’ to new idol groups BEAST and MBLAQ, but their debut was pushed back much to many fans’ disappointment.
The group recently did their MV filming in GyeongGiDo. With that, they has been preparing for their debut coming January. Much anticipation to their debut and upgrade in dance and vocal skills since the group members have shown its capabilities through their appearance on the reality program.
In addition, the group has received’lovecalls’ for CF even before debut and the group has also done filming for 3~4 CF before their official debut coming up strong as a newcomer group.
A staff revealed, “The boys will show vocal and performance better than what fans will expect. Even though their debut was pushed back, they have been preparing for it. And they have been waiting for their debut.”
Cr: newsen + sookyeong
►►Rookie Watch: upcoming new girl group…the Naked Girls
Singer Ivy is gonna give ya’ll a pound in the head if you just wanna become singers by being whores =.=;
Although we’ve been bombarded with girl groups this year, this definitely doesn’t sound like your average rookie group.
It turns out that four of the anchorwomen who worked for the short-lived news channel, Naked News Korea, have been recruited to form a girl group called the Naked Girls. Predictably, these girls will only be suitable to the 18+ age group, since their performances are expected to be highly provocative. The Naked Girls will reportedly start a generation of a brand new genre of stages called “sexycal” – a combination word of “sexy” and “musical.”
A representative stated on the 22nd,
“We have gathered Minkyung, Jaekyung, Hyeji and Taehee to form this girl group, and will officially debut under the name Naked Girls in January next year. Their performances will be composed of inappropriate songs and choreography, definitely not suitable for youth. The girls’ activities will be focused more on musicals rather than national television.”
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